See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Arab Spring protest movement took the Middle East and North Africa ...

Nine years ago this month, residents of the small Syrian town of Douma were in full rebellion against the regime of President Bashar Assad. Throughout the preceding year, Assad had watched as popular ...

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes," Mark Twain once said—and nowhere does it feel more apt than today, as recent upheavals in South Asia echo the Arab Spring that shook North Africa ...

ISTANBUL — I called an old friend the other day, dialing the number somewhat sheepishly. He’s a senior adviser to the Iraq government and I knew what to expect when he answered. First, he reprimanded ...

The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and unintentionally quickened a shift of regional power toward the Gulf States. In early December, Tunisian authorities arrested a ...

A significant Middle East anniversary passed this week with hardly anyone noticing. On January 14, 2011, Tunisia’s autocratic leader, president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, abruptly and unceremoniously ...

In Sudan, tens of thousands of demonstrators are sitting in to demand the ouster of their longtime ruler. In Algeria, millions of protesters forced out their own octogenarian leader last week. And in ...